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Keith: /* Session 10 */

2024-08-21T06:17:58Z

Session 10

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	===Session 10 ===		===Session 10 ===
			On the way there, things got even stranger. An entity allied to a power called 'Kevin the Mischief' wandered up to Jaycey and handed her a magical square. A bit later on, a golem handed Rowan a magical cube. Both had Finding magic on them. Ben then received a paw medallion from a cat with an avatar aura strength and associated with a power called Cuddles.

			At the lower Basilica we found Neloth writing things down. I got the impression he was multitasking with duplicates. We told him what we had discovered and Neloth said there was a fourth option i.e. Englehier consumes Neloth.

			Jaycey proposed that Neloth and Englehier co=operate in a ritual using the power in the Vault in a way that would benefit both of them. Unfortunately Neloth is adamant that won't work and insisted that we kill Englehier. Also, we had discovered that Landen had vanished, presumably as Jill did and we needed a new point of contact. Neloth suggested a person called Kalar.

			Just then there was a loud explosion coming from the industrial area resulting in a huge mushroom cloud. Was that the Vault? We were also informed that a lot of people have come in unconscious in some sort of magical sleep. Was that a result of the poison in the water? To complicate things even further a voice came over the message stone that was paired with the one Landon had which said 'We wish to parley'.

			So we headed off to Kalar's location but, no Kalar. All we found were papers strewn about. An imp then popped in, threw a hot rock at Flamis and popped out again.

			We headed for the parley place. A four armed person carrying a book came in and said 'We need to stop them fighting or the city will burn'. Two lanterns are produced, similar to the cages we had encountered earlier, one attuned to Neloth, the other to Englehier. We need to put them in close proximity to their associated entity for thirty seconds to allow them to siphon off enough power from them to allow them to kill each other without collateral damage. The Englehier avatar we had met earlier then turned up and told us to meet him at the Town Hall. There we were told that Englehier was Neloth's creator and that Neloth was holding a grudge about something. Plus Jill had been teleported into the camp outside the city.

			Back at the house, we DAed the rock that Flamis got. It was a tracker beacon associated with The Ash. Rowan's box was associated with Vasa the Maker and also a tracker. Plus she could put things inside it. A small owl tapped and the window and I let it in. It gave me a small caduceus which was associated with a power called Nife. The owl then said "Keep them close, we'll get you out" before disappearing.

			It was decided to enter Jaycey's extraplanar hidey hobbit hole to take stock of the situation.

Keith: /* Session Nine */

2024-08-21T05:48:54Z

Session Nine

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	Once that was done, we headed back to 'our' tower before receiving a message to meet Landon at a particular building. When we got there, we discovered three humans stapled to the wall and their aura told us that divine retribution was coming in fifteen minutes from Englehier and the nature of the retribution was incarnation. The incarnation arrived, we had a conversation, then left.		Once that was done, we headed back to 'our' tower before receiving a message to meet Landon at a particular building. When we got there, we discovered three humans stapled to the wall and their aura told us that divine retribution was coming in fifteen minutes from Englehier and the nature of the retribution was incarnation. The incarnation arrived, we had a conversation, then left.

	=== Session ~~Nine~~ ===		=== Session 9 ===
	''Day 7''<br />		''Day 7''<br />
	We had Crows in our living room and their featherhounds (a type of dog) guarding the grounds outside. It had stopped raining by now but, at least one more tower had exploded. As far as I could surmise, the rain, which was slightly acidic, had been carrying mana designed to overload the cores. At least that was my theory and I was sticking to it until I knew more. We then got a message that Neloth wanted to see us.		We had Crows in our living room and their featherhounds (a type of dog) guarding the grounds outside. It had stopped raining by now but, at least one more tower had exploded. As far as I could surmise, the rain, which was slightly acidic, had been carrying mana designed to overload the cores. At least that was my theory and I was sticking to it until I knew more. We then got a message that Neloth wanted to see us.
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	This to me seems to be a two cup problem so I decide to make a cup of tea to mull things over. That was when we discover that the city water supply is poisoned. So we head off to the Basilica - again.		This to me seems to be a two cup problem so I decide to make a cup of tea to mull things over. That was when we discover that the city water supply is poisoned. So we head off to the Basilica - again.

			===Session 10 ===

Keith: /* Session Nine */

2024-08-21T05:03:22Z

Session Nine

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	=== Session Nine ===		=== Session Nine ===
			''Day 7''<br />
			We had Crows in our living room and their featherhounds (a type of dog) guarding the grounds outside. It had stopped raining by now but, at least one more tower had exploded. As far as I could surmise, the rain, which was slightly acidic, had been carrying mana designed to overload the cores. At least that was my theory and I was sticking to it until I knew more. We then got a message that Neloth wanted to see us.

			When we got there, present was him, Landon, and 11 others. He asked us to check out these people. Two of them were found to be under some sort of compulsion, hypnotism, control or similar magic. The trigger as any hostile action towards Englehier or associated magic. Magic being triggered, Mind Control. He then led us into a secret stairway to a secret room that contained a table and thirteen bowls. Each of them put blood into the bowl in front of them and this opened a hidden door into another secret room. In here were a lot of traps that needed deactivation. Apparently this is the way to the Vault.

			We also discovered that some members of our mercenary groups were dopplegangers, They were being dealt with.

			The sentient axe we had found in the ritual chamber earlier was divinated. It had once been the main weapon of Nulugar the Devourer and was cursed to be permanently invisible. It can twist the personality of it's wielder and eats the souls of it's victims. It will also ensure it leaves the possession of anyone that does not share it's thirst for destruction.

			The golem was a convoy golem that is missing it's motivation coil. It can be made into an instant iron golem.

			The armours are associated with Englehier and the wearer gets 100% resistance to Colleged magic. It also resists any other magics by thirty points. Those not associated with Englehier are vulnerable to magic.

			''Day 8''<br />
			There's a parade of people in the street outside. They are all surrounding a man glowing with a golden light who are heading towards the center of the city. Landon reports there are six such emissaries and we should meet one. That's when Jill ties to exit through the front door, clearly under some sort of compulsion. She gets knocked out, tied up, and placed inside a Bubble of Force in the panic room. I volunteer to stay and watch her. Sooty and the others go to meet this person who calls himself Valdar.

			By the time they get back, Jill is having what looks like an epileptic fit inside the bubble. When Rowan dispels the bubble, Jill disappears into what looks like a pile of dust.

			Sooty and co have managed to establish the following - that Englehier wants to live. This can be achieved in three ways:
			1) Use the contents of the Vault to heal himself
			2) Use the Towers for a ritual vto enhance his life then seek out a better solution
			3) Destroy the city and use thousands of lives as blood sacrifices.

			This to me seems to be a two cup problem so I decide to make a cup of tea to mull things over. That was when we discover that the city water supply is poisoned. So we head off to the Basilica - again.

Keith: /* Session 8 */

2024-08-21T04:16:03Z

Session 8

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	Steven was found inside a closet and, he too had an illusionary aura, which again, made us suspicious. It turned out all he was hiding was an artificial arm. So he was whisked off to the Basilica - and again the weather forecast proved to be rain with a chance of crossbow bolts.		Steven was found inside a closet and, he too had an illusionary aura, which again, made us suspicious. It turned out all he was hiding was an artificial arm. So he was whisked off to the Basilica - and again the weather forecast proved to be rain with a chance of crossbow bolts.

	Once that was done, we headed back to 'our' tower before receiving a message to meet Landon at a particular building. When we got there, we discovered three humans stapled to the wall and their aura told us that divine retribution was coming in fifteen minutes from Englehier and the nature of the retribution was incarnation.		Once that was done, we headed back to 'our' tower before receiving a message to meet Landon at a particular building. When we got there, we discovered three humans stapled to the wall and their aura told us that divine retribution was coming in fifteen minutes from Englehier and the nature of the retribution was incarnation. The incarnation arrived, we had a conversation, then left.

	=== Session Nine ===		=== Session Nine ===

Keith: /* Session 8 */

2024-08-21T04:13:20Z

Session 8

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	Once that was done, we headed back to 'our' tower before receiving a message to meet Landon at a particular building. When we got there, we discovered three humans stapled to the wall and their aura told us that divine retribution was coming in fifteen minutes from Englehier and the nature of the retribution was incarnation.		Once that was done, we headed back to 'our' tower before receiving a message to meet Landon at a particular building. When we got there, we discovered three humans stapled to the wall and their aura told us that divine retribution was coming in fifteen minutes from Englehier and the nature of the retribution was incarnation.

			=== Session Nine ===

Keith: /* Session 8 */

2024-08-21T04:12:32Z

Session 8

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	=== Session 8 ===		=== Session 8 ===

			Englehier then activated the the ritual sigils in the sky and vanished. So do the 'stars'. To make things worse, it started raining. Ben tasted the water and said it tasted 'fizzy'. Also bells were ringing at the Basilica. We took the High Roads to get there, warning Landon we were coming. On the way we discovered it was raining crossbows as well - horizontally. Fortunately they all bounced off our shields and other protections.

			When we got there, a lot of important people had gathered along with Neloth. Basically the message was 'Active threat, some being infused with magic, city on high alert, and the walls were surrounded by hundreds of thousands of entities'. So, with the help of an Enhance Circle, we buffed back up and headed for the city walls to take a look. It was raining harder by now and, when we got there, we could see hundreds of people setting up camp. They had left a thirty kilometer gap between the outer edge of the wall and their encampment. Most were humanoid sized entities but a few were larger.

			So we made our way out there with an escort. The people we met were wearing full plate, and the larger entities looked like trolls or ogres. Their leader had an avatar strength aura and his college of magic came back as magic. They were also buffed up to the max with protection spells. Another was 'long lived sentient - elf' and a third was 'long lived sentience - dwarf'.

			A person in robes then came out to speak with us, surmising that we wanted to know their demands. He told us that they had been summoned here but don't know why and they all followed Englehier. The last magic to impact on this person was 'Greater Empowerment', that had been cast by a god like being.

			Just then, one of the Englehier towers exploded. We then noticed that there was a clear patch above another tower so it wasn't being rained on. Main magic in effect on the rain - conduit. Neloth was already flying out there to investigate.

			We went over to the tower that we had first visited and discovered that the mages were frantically trying to get a ritual to work and they were seeking the help of a scholar called Stevens. A guard had been dispatched to fetch him but he came back all bloody and bruised. I helped him as best I could although there seemed to be some disguise illusion in play, which made us really suspicious. Clear spots were beginning to form above a few other towers as we headed off to Steven's place. I must have been feeling rather annoyed at this point, as when we discovered that the door was locked, I booted it in - much to the surprise and amazement of some other party members.

			Steven was found inside a closet and, he too had an illusionary aura, which again, made us suspicious. It turned out all he was hiding was an artificial arm. So he was whisked off to the Basilica - and again the weather forecast proved to be rain with a chance of crossbow bolts.

			Once that was done, we headed back to 'our' tower before receiving a message to meet Landon at a particular building. When we got there, we discovered three humans stapled to the wall and their aura told us that divine retribution was coming in fifteen minutes from Englehier and the nature of the retribution was incarnation.

Keith: /* Session 7 */

2024-08-21T03:43:09Z

Session 7

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	"Can we go back to Alusia now?" - Phaeton		"Can we go back to Alusia now?" - Phaeton
	"I seriously don't think it's over." - Flamis		"I seriously don't think it's over." - Flamis

			=== Session 8 ===

Keith: /* Session 3 */

2024-08-21T03:39:31Z

Session 3

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	''Day 4''<br />		''Day 4''<br />
	Next morning we discovered we had been allocated an elven woman by the name of Jill, who was well versed in empowerment and mind magics that we were not, as an assistant. We also decided to go and investigate those mana cleaning towers, known as the ~~Englihier~~ Towers, that were interspersed through the city. It seemed that they were leaking a black sludge like substance that had interesting properties after refinement. Also, each tower was built around a quasimagical crystal core that directed and purified the mana flow. It wasn't advisable to cast near these crystal cores as they strongly affected the local mana flow, directing it through the core. Presumably that black sludge was the impurities found in the processed mana. So, we got a tour of the Tower from one of the attending mages but they weren't able to explain how it worked, mainly because they didn't know. Whatever it was, it was avatar level magic. It does weather control as well. Neloth probably did know but he wasn't telling. Also, any piece of the crystal that broke off the core promptly disappeared so there weren't any samples for analysis. We were able to obtain some of that black stuff though.		Next morning we discovered we had been allocated an elven woman by the name of Jill, who was well versed in empowerment and mind magics that we were not, as an assistant. We also decided to go and investigate those mana cleaning towers, known as the Engliher Towers, that were interspersed through the city. It seemed that they were leaking a black sludge like substance that had interesting properties after refinement. Also, each tower was built around a quasimagical crystal core that directed and purified the mana flow. It wasn't advisable to cast near these crystal cores as they strongly affected the local mana flow, directing it through the core. Presumably that black sludge was the impurities found in the processed mana. So, we got a tour of the Tower from one of the attending mages but they weren't able to explain how it worked, mainly because they didn't know. Whatever it was, it was avatar level magic. It does weather control as well. Neloth probably did know but he wasn't telling. Also, any piece of the crystal that broke off the core promptly disappeared so there weren't any samples for analysis. We were able to obtain some of that black stuff though.

	Later on that day, there was an explosion, and when we got there we saw that there was a large crater where a building had stood. At the bottom of this crater was a full length mirror. Jaycey and Sooty flew down to investigate and discovered there were figures in the black, reflective, surface of the mirror. The back side was also black and reflective. They tried talking to them. At one point, an arm came out and tried to pull Sooty in but he managed to prevent that from happening. we thought there was going to be an explosion but nothing happened. The Plane of Origin of the mirror was from here, but the souls within it were from a multitude of planes. Nature of Magic: Containment, nature of entities: shards of formally living avatar. The entities within were saying "We wish to be free" "We were taken" and other similar things.		Later on that day, there was an explosion, and when we got there we saw that there was a large crater where a building had stood. At the bottom of this crater was a full length mirror. Jaycey and Sooty flew down to investigate and discovered there were figures in the black, reflective, surface of the mirror. The back side was also black and reflective. They tried talking to them. At one point, an arm came out and tried to pull Sooty in but he managed to prevent that from happening. we thought there was going to be an explosion but nothing happened. The Plane of Origin of the mirror was from here, but the souls within it were from a multitude of planes. Nature of Magic: Containment, nature of entities: shards of formally living avatar. The entities within were saying "We wish to be free" "We were taken" and other similar things.
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	A soul flew out and we flew off after it. Behind us, the crater and mirror vanished, replaced by the building that had been destroyed as if nothing had happened. A passing wizard was able to catch and contain it and, given what had just happened, we decided it was time to report to Neloth and tell him what we had found out.		A soul flew out and we flew off after it. Behind us, the crater and mirror vanished, replaced by the building that had been destroyed as if nothing had happened. A passing wizard was able to catch and contain it and, given what had just happened, we decided it was time to report to Neloth and tell him what we had found out.

	Neloth was able to reconstruct the body that the soul had been in. It was a male vampire elf (the vamperism was also shrived out) and he had been killed, either as a sacrifice or a prisoner in order to contain a shard of ~~Englihier~~. It seems there are a lot of these shards around and some entity was attempting to gather them up and put them all back together. This, we were told, would be very very bad. It was discovered Jill had a shard as well. ~~Englehier~~ was a skilled architect of magic and and had been following the orders of the Creature of the Barrier, aka the Emperor.		Neloth was able to reconstruct the body that the soul had been in. It was a male vampire elf (the vamperism was also shrived out) and he had been killed, either as a sacrifice or a prisoner in order to contain a shard of Engliher. It seems there are a lot of these shards around and some entity was attempting to gather them up and put them all back together. This, we were told, would be very very bad. It was discovered Jill had a shard as well. Engliher was a skilled architect of magic and and had been following the orders of the Creature of the Barrier, aka the Emperor.

	As for the stars, they weren't suns, but globes of pure mana. Getting near one would cause instant death. It seems we have to options, either prevent the recombination or win against the army.		As for the stars, they weren't suns, but globes of pure mana. Getting near one would cause instant death. It seems we have to options, either prevent the recombination or win against the army.